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Elite XC reportedly shuts down

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Multiple reports claim that Elite XC has closed up shop and is out of the MMA business for good. Not good news for Kimbo Slice or Gina Carano. Dave Meltzer claims that the ‘stand-up scandal’ involving Seth Petruzelli and Kimbo Slice concerned CBS and that CBS will not buy Elite XC.

MMA Junkie: Jeremy Lappen ‘excited’ about Elite XC’s future

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Unless I drop dead shortly, I have a strong feeling that Fight Opinion has a stronger future than whatever is in store for Elite XC. In retrospect, Lappen said he also proud of both Petruzelli and Slice. While many fans and journalists have cried, “Foul,” over a possible bonus paid to Petruzelli to keep the […]

Dave Meltzer’s comment on UFC bonuses

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Cryptic, evasive, whatever you want to call it (from this week’s Wrestling Observer newsletter — go subscribe if interested): UFC has all sorts of bonuses, some that you hear about and most that you don’t. So, name them. Why mention this item in this week’s newsletter and then not go into detail with your paying […]

Any interest in UFC 89?

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

The LA Times has been adding more and more MMA-related blog posts on their web site. A message to LAT: I would be happy to add the RSS feed of MMA-related blog posts onto this site, but your blog RSS feeds only grab ‘all posts’ as opposed to giving the reader the option of only […]

What we’re reading right now

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

If you notice that the site is a little ‘buggy’ today, it’s because we’re updating the software on our end to be able to process everything as smoothly as possible. Sherdog: MMA, boxing take hits in Las Vegas Las Vegas Business Press: Private concerns (lots of interesting details about the Fertittas and how business is […]

Thanks to Elite XC, a sports writer compares MMA to the XFL

Monday, October 13th, 2008

In the Fort-Worth Star Telegram, no less: The MMQB doesn’t mean to preach, and we are not prudes, but we can’t envision any circumstances when MMA would be seriously considered major network fare. The primary reason is that NBC tried this gambit in 2001 with the XFL, which was the brain child of Vince McMahon […]

A different perspective on the Elite XC stand-up scandal

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Jake Rossen of Sherdog attempts to look at the story from a ‘realist’s point of view‘: Let’s face facts: The vast majority of promoters and fans in this industry want to see a mediocre kickboxing match with four-ounce gloves. The stand-up rules, the restarts, the round durations, the illegal blows (no knees on the ground) […]

Frank Shamrock vs. Ken Shamrock is coming soon

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

ESPN report here. Who will get to promote the fight? Frank has a financial interest in Elite XC, but both brothers have worked with Strikeforce. How about EXC letting Strikeforce be the local promoter of the fight in San Jose and airing it on CBS? Speaking of Elite XC, Michael David Smith of AOL Fanhouse […]

US sports media weighs in on Elite XC scandal

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

You can always count on Greg Cote of The Miami Herald to be a blithering idiot: Kimbo Slice’s loss in 14 seconds during that EliteXC mixed martial arts card in Sunrise has spawned allegations the outcome may have been predetermined. Gee, there’s a shock. That’s like shouting ”Fix!” at Wrestlemania? (Kimbo should please go away […]

Video: Dana White explains the Elite XC scandal to the average person

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

In this two-minute video clip, Dana White lays out what the Elite XC scandal is all about to the average human being (from his point of view). The part of this interview that should resonate the most with the MMA media is the situation regarding betting on fights at the Vegas casinos involving Elite XC […]

Jeremy Lappen says both ESPN & SI ‘misquoted’ him

Friday, October 10th, 2008

One of the worst political strategies you can employ when defending yourself against serious allegations is to question the credibility of the media scrutinizing. Why? Because you are not only questioning their credibility, but also setting yourself up for a counterattack that you may simply not be able to respond to. If you do not […]

Reports: Kimbo/Petruzelli fight being ‘investigated’

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

LA Times report and San Jose Mercury News report. Additionally, posts at MMA Convert and MMA Opinion. Steve Barry’s article at MMA Convert catches Jeremy Lappen supposedly changing his story on the bonus structure of Elite XC contracts. I’m not bullish on anything happening here as far as a positive outcome in this ‘investigation’ is […]

The Elite XC PR disaster continues, even with the wrong focus on the scandal

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

As we have focused on this past week, the hot issue regrading the Seth Petruzelli/Kimbo Slice fight has been the ‘stand-up’ controversy. All of this, mind you, was started by Petruzelli’s own radio comments in an Orlando radio interview. It’s bad enough that there is a dark cloud hovering over this fight in regards to […]

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